IKEA Southeast Europe (Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine) has announced that Katarina Egorova will take over the role of regional director/CEO and managing director for sustainable development at the company, as of 1st September.
Katarina has amassed great experience working for IKEA since first joining the company in Russia, in 1998. She performed various functions on the Russian market, including the role of store manager, before transferring to the UK and taking on the function of market manager for the territory of the northern UK and Ireland.
Egorova replaces Sara del Fabro, who vacates the position of CEO at IKEA Southeast Europe after having accepted a new challenge within the scope of the company, as deputy head of global retail operations at Ingka Group.